Where does “finans” come from?
finans (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French finance, from Middle French finance, from Middle French finer, from Middle French fin, from Old French fin, from Latin fīnis, from Proto-Indo-European dʰnh₂-.
finans (Norwegian Nynorsk): finance
Ancestry of “finans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | finance | finance |
| 2 | Middle French | finance | — |
| 3 | Middle French | finer | to finish |
| 4 | Middle French | fin | end; finish; death |
| 5 | Old French | fin | fine, delicate |
| 6 | Latin | fīnis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰnh₂- | — |
Words derived from “finans”